"…THERE ARE A COUPLE OF PLACES WHERE YOU CAN PULL OFF THE ROAD AND ADMIRE THE VIEWS…"
The flat paddocks you may have noticed beside the Federal Highway north of Canberra are actually Lake George (Weereewa), an endorheic lake, meaning it has no evident natural outflows. Used as paddocks when water is low, the recent heavy rainfalls across New South Wales have filled Lake George, so the wire stock fences now poking out of the water look weirdly out of place.
The lake has passed its most recent highs of the mid-1990s and is approaching levels not seen since the mid-1960s. As a Canberra local, a lap of
